Approval on stopgap spending bill after lawmakers avoided a Government Shutdown reaching an agreement to keep the Government Funding till january 19th, republicans continue to celebrate the largest tax cuts in our history according to some. Vice president mike pence making surprise visit in afghanistan. I know its hard to be away from home especially, but in this season, i want you to know that you are in the hearts to have american people. Dagen details as he thanks heros this Holiday Season. The dow manage to go eke out 55point gain. We have gains across the board. In england overnight, england, france and germany, the end of the trading day. France and germany both lower at the moment. Shanghai reporting slight loss. Changing alphabet. Eric schimt plans to step down as companys chairman next month. We break down the decision thats sending shock wave through Silicon Valley. Crypto crash, bitcoin tumbling 25 in just 24 hours. Think about that. Losing a quarter of its value in a day. S
Whereabouts during this mornings standoff. Aides confirm the mayor spent about an hour and a half at the gym while the nypd negotiators tried to coax tyree to surrender. A spokeswoman insists he spent much of that time getting updates from the scene. According to the daily news, the Sergeants Benevolent Association president criticized the mayors decision to workout and says he is once again saddened by a lack of leadership by city hall. The mayor says he didnt have much to say about it. We are briefing you all on a very serious situation, and thats just not a serious question. The union that represents lieutenant hayes did not wish to comment on the sba president s criticism or on mayor de blasios actions themselves. Our coverage continues on nbcnewyork. Com. There you can watch some of the first video from the scene as this standoff unfolded. Going to switch gears now, and just when we were getting comfortable. It looks like another heatwave is moving into the tristate area. Things a
Talked about assassinating president obama and bombing coney island. He faces up to 15 years in prison. New here at 5 30, were making calls to get details about a Death Investigation in shelton, connecticut. Somebody called 911 from a home on howe avenue today. When police arrived, they found a man dead and the person who called for help. Shelton police have called in the state Police Major Crimes squad to investigate. Were going to bring more details as we get them. Tonight police are examining this Surveillance Video obtained exclusively by news 4. It shows the moment a gunman opened fire in brownsville, brooklyn, killing one man and wounding two others. As news 4s tracy strayhan explains, investigators believe the shooting was gangrelated. Reporter these Three Friends are seen on security video hanging out as they usually do in front of this building on saratoga avenue. Suddenly, one of them stands up and all three are seen running inside this apartment building. Watch as a man poli
Claimed this stretch of lexington avenue near Grand Central because there is a lot of traffic and a Security Camera nearby. And she says she feels safer here than in a shelter. I have issues. I work in midtown so its pretty bad. Reporter most new yorkers we interviewed today told us they see more homeless on the streets. Im not used to seeing so many homeless people. I tend to give money. Reporter some give money or food. Others call 311. But today city officials are pushing back after reports that the number of 311 calls about the homeless jumped from 12,700 last year to more than 20,000 calls for the same time period this year. Mayor de blasio spokeswoman says since the city has been publicizing their new 311 app, 311 calls about all subjects are up. And that the percentage of calls about the homeless is still relatively small, and unchanged. City officials insist, street homelessness is actually down 5 since last year and they say that perception of homelessness does not equal reali
A slight chance of rain regionwide late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. A warming trend is then expected late in the forecast period as a result of building high pressure. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james breaking news this morning. Two more car fires are reported in the east bay overnight. Bringing the total to seven car fires this week. This comes as investigators say they believe its the work of a serial arsonist. Kron fours Hermela Aregawi has the details. The fire marshall tells me there have been more than 10 vehicles set on fire between those this week. And dating back to 2016. The fires have some things in common leading them to believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. A serial car arsonist is still on the loose in Contra Costa County. Five cars have been set on fire this week alone. And Police Believe the same suspect